Do you guys remove your bug net in fall/winter?

**gunner76** · 11-17-2017, 15:31

I use hammocks with integrated bug nets and find the bug net adds a little warmth in the winter time and also keeps my TQ and other stuff in the hammock if I am restless during the night.

**TrailSlug** · 11-17-2017, 17:36

Originally Posted by gunner76

I use hammocks with integrated bug nets and find the bug net adds a little warmth in the winter time and also keeps my TQ and other stuff in the hammock if I am restless during the night.

I agree. It holds a bit of warmth, keeps off some moisture, blocks some wind, and keeps my gear in place. That's a lot of uses for a few ounces.

**Carcajou** · 11-18-2017, 12:43

With my Hammock Bliss Sky Bed Bug Free, the bugnet is integrated and does not zip-off. There are also a few pockets on the inside of the hammock. It has been easier for me to just set it up like normal, rather than put the pad in the sleeve and then flip it over to sleep on the 'bottom' side just to ditch the bugnet. Honestly I don't find the net obtrusive at all.

With the Ridgerunner, I'll probably leave the net rolled up during the winter, but for most of the year where I camp there's a possibilities of bugs or spiders. I put up a tarp last weekend even though it wasn't going to rain, just to make sure spiders didn't paradrop on me from above. That and leaves were still falling in Oklahoma.

**Johnnystriple** · 11-19-2017, 18:03

I took my ENO bug net off this winter for the first time. I just didn't want to mess with it. It'll be a good test to see if there is that much of a difference in heat retention.

**Chard** · 11-19-2017, 18:10

Hi,

I leave my netting on all year as in the winter it serves as a bit of a wind block. The only downside is that frost will likely form on the netting and you first movements each morning usually result a little cursing as you get a little "snowfall" on your face.

**clusterone** · 11-20-2017, 15:31

Just unneeded extra weight, drop it. If you need your bug-net to add warmth you best take more layers, or upgrade your quilts. Of course I have been blessed with ZERO bug issues in the southeast. Seems like the mosquitoes have abandoned the wilderness areas and other trails I visit, for a better feast in the suburbs(more humans).

**clusterone** · 11-20-2017, 15:33

Originally Posted by Broadwater

I've got a WBBB too, and even though I'd love to always keep the bugnet off in cooler temps, at populated campsites (and even some not populated sites), I leave it on for MICE. My buddy woke up to one in his hammock using his face as a bathroom, and that sealed the deal for me. It wasn't that heavily a used campsite either, and there wasn't any food on the ground.

Geez, makes me wonder what he did to deserve that level of bad Karma! Maybe his cat-hole from the night before was next to the mouses burrow...

**dakotaross** · 11-20-2017, 16:36

What net?

**WalksIn2Trees** · 11-20-2017, 18:53

Mine comes off as soon as mosquitos are gone. Usually i wait until I'm sure the daytime highs won't pass 65. This year though I didn't think about it, so it stayed on until I got annoyed with it enough to realize it wasn't necessary anymore.

As for the wee bit of extra warmth it might provide, temps here have already dropped below the level where it's even noticeable... And it's only just hitting sub-30° lows. I find the convenience of being able to exit the hammock unimpeded far outweighs the dubious R-value the net provides

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**gunner76** · 11-20-2017, 23:21

If you need your bug-net to add warmth you best take more layers, or upgrade your quilts.

I don't need it for the warmth, that is just a bonus. Depending on the TQ and UQ I am using, I am good to at least 0 degrees ( fahrenheit ). I try to keep the layers I need to carry to a minimum as too many layers if not loose enough can restrict blood flow and make you colder ( an issue I am very familiar with as I am on blood thinners ). I train for the cold every day at work as I work in refrigerated store rooms and freezer spaces at a grocery store.

I was curious as how much warmth one could get from using a bug net. I used 3 thermometers, one in my hammock hanging from the ridge line, one on a table outside the hammock and under my tarp and the third on a picnic table about 50 feet away. The difference was about 5 degrees warmer than the thermometer reading just outside the hammock and 10 degrees warmer than the reading from the thermometer on the picnic table. I did this at a couple of hangs and got similar readings. Not a great addition but I will take it. This was by no means a scientific study but I felt gave me a good idea of what I could expect.

If you feel you don't need a bug net, then don't use it. Like i said before, I like it for keeping the bugs out when they are active and the rest of the time for keeping my gear inside my hammock at night.

Have not run into any mice wanting to share my hammock with me and I would prefer not to share with them.